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Great Plains Ventures, Inc. opened the Aloft® Hotel in NE Wichita with a premier restaurant site designated adjacent to the new hotel. The site is 1.45 acres of fully usable land. It is thoughtfully configured to allow an east facing, shaded patio overlooking a 1.3 acre pond held in reserve and maintained by the association. All drainage, utilities and a private road with access to Oliver Street are in place to make construction a simple “ready” build.
The Aloft® Hotel has 126 rooms and over 3500 square feet of meeting and conference space. As a ...

Great Plains Ventures honors its founder with the Charles D. Peer Entrepreneurship and Engineering Studio located at the Experiential Engineering and Makerspace Building on the Wichita State University campus.

Great Plains Ventures Subsidiary companies walked 12,100 miles through an eight-week walking challenge. The wellness challenge consisted of 15 teams which included employees from Great Plains Industries (GPI), Powdertech and Aerospace Systems & Components (ASC).
The winning team ‘Kickin Asphalt’ walked across Kansas about three times walking a total of 1,191 miles. The three man team consisted GPI employees; Nick Jamis, Matt Begay and Michael Doesken.
The ‘Fantastic 4’ consisting of ASC employees Jeff Dunbar, Jennifer O’Donnell, Esmerelda Velo and ...

ASC is pleased to announce that Lance Schroeder will join Aerospace Systems and Components, Inc. as the new President and General Manager effective Monday, February 24, 2014. We are excited to have Lance assume this role as he fully embraces the ASC philosophy of providing great customer service while designing and producing products of unquestioned quality.
Lance has broad management experience in a variety of industries, including the aerospace industry, having held leadership positions with Argo-Tech Corporation and Mamco/QAF Manufacturing, Inc., among others. He ...

Great Plains Industries, Inc., a global leader in Fluid Transfer Pumps and Meters, today announced it has named Victor Lukic as company president, succeeding Grant Nutter who died earlier this year. Lukic took over in November and is based at the company’s headquarters in Wichita.
"We are very fortunate to have Vic join the GPI team." Vic fully embraces the GPI philosophy of providing great customer service while producing high quality products. He also recognizes the important role played by the GPI employees who have built the company as a world leader. "
Lukic has ...

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